Glavacioc Monastery
The Glavacioc Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Glavacioc) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery situated in Argeș County at the coordinates 44°28′16″N 25°15′27″E / 44.47111°N 25.25750°E.
History
It is generally considered it was built during the reign of Mircea I of Wallachia, who donated the village of Călugăreni, Giurgiu to the monastery. The wooden church was replaced with a stone church by Vlad Călugărul in 1495. It has been repaired by Mihnea Turcitul, Constantin Brancoveanu and the boyar Costache Faca. The monastery was closed down during the communist rule and reopened in 1991. The starets of the monastery is the hieromonk Casian Creţu.
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